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Weekly Links 04.07–04.13

The rise of ‘Frankenstein’ laptops in New Delhi’s repair markets (The Verge)
22 years later, modders are keeping SimCity 4 alive (The Verge)
Why I love Twinkly Strings and Twinkly Flex (The Verge)
What’s on your desk, Allison Johnson? (The Verge)
We went inside Universal’s new $7 billion Epic Universe weeks early (Polygon)
Epic Universe’s Donkey Kong coaster review: imaginative and bumpy (Polygon)
The 20 best PC games (April 2025) (Polygon)
The Phoenician Scheme (kottke.org)
Studio Notes #26 (SimpleBits)
Studio Notes #27 (SimpleBits)
Weeknotes 25:14 (Jeff Bridgforth)
Googler… ex-Googler. (Adam Argyle)

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Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning’s new trailer is here
Shopify CEO says no new hires without proof AI can’t do the job — Maybe AI should replace the CEO.
The White House group chat screwup reportedly involved a Siri feature
Framework stops selling some of its cheapest laptops due to Trump tariffs — If I were a company selling products affected by tariffs, I would keep my prices the same and show a separate charge for tariffs during checkout, like sales tax, because these tariffs are really just another tax on consumers.
The Shining’s end photograph location has been discovered
CalDigit’s new Thunderbolt 5 docks bring plenty of ports
Trump will hit China with 104 percent tariffs
Universal is building a UK theme park
Apple releases the first trailer for its Murderbot series
WordPress.com will now build you a full website with AI
Trump announces a ‘90-day pause’ on tariffs outside of China — *cough* market manipulation *cough*
Longtime NHL executive Ray Shero dies at 62
Ray Shero was the right GM at the right time for Pittsburgh Penguins (PensBurgh)
Remembering Ray Shero (PensBurgh)
The Busy Bar pixel display can help deter work distractions
Sony is now selling both Last of Us games in one ‘complete’ package — I just purchased The Last of Us Part II Remastered for PlayStation 5, and I can tell you that there is no discount for the Complete edition if you already own one of the games.
Canva is now in the coding and spreadsheet business
Stunts are finally getting their own category at the Oscars
Microsoft is about to launch Recall for real this time
ChatGPT is transforming LinkedIn users into really dull dolls
U.S.-based Original Six teams all miss playoffs in NHL first
European Travel to the U.S. Plummets (Daring Fireball)

Weekly Links 03.31–04.06

When will physical video games go away? — I wouldn’t mind going fully digital (as I did on PC) if there was actual competition in digital purchasing. There is only one place to buy digital PS5 games, and the digital version is consistently more expensive than buying a physical copy.
Studio Notes #25 (SimpleBits)
item-flow (Robin Rendle)
Item Flow, Part 1: A new unified concept for layout (Piccalilli)
Forty-Seven (Naz Hamid)
The Mac Is Where I Am (Louie Mantia)
Weeknotes 25:13 (Jeff Bridgforth)
Versions (Jeff Bridgforth)
Dunkey Direct 2 (Spaghetti Night) (YouTube)
A no-hassle static site CMS (Go Make Things)
It’s time to organize. (Ethan Marcotte)
CSS Clicker — “an idle game themed around making websites”
The Design of the New Swiss Passport (kottke.org)
Steve Coogan Plays Four Roles in Dr. Strangelove Stage Adaptation (kottke.org)
TV Garden: stream television channels from all over the world for free (kottke.org)
Conan O’Brien’s Mark Twain Prize Acceptance Speech (kottke.org)
Once Again From the Top (Jason Santa Maria)
Video Game Backlog Zero (Tyler Sticka)

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Politics

Hashtag tariff week:

Weekly Links 03.17–03.23

Saturday Night Live’s Cue Cards (Daring Fireball)
Refresh. (Ethan Marcotte)
On Balatro (Chris Coyier)
Day 366 (Jeff Bridgforth)
Relative Colors (Frontend Masters)
Quick Reminder That :is() and :where() Are Basically the Same With One Key Difference (CSS-Tricks)
Studio Notes #24 (SimpleBits)
Canas (Multiline Comment)

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Weekly Links 01.20–01.26

USPS Announces Goodnight Moon Stamps (kottke.org)
Two “Secret” Mini-Seasons of The X-Files (kottke.org)
Pick a Notes App: Your Notetaking Style (Part 1) (YouTube / Tiago Forte)
75% of Notetakers Use These 4 Apps (YouTube / Tiago Forte)
Top 68 Apps to Take Digital Notes (2022) (YouTube / Tiago Forte)
The First 30 Days Using a Notes App (YouTube / Tiago Forte)
Change and risk (Robin Rendle)
Mechanical Pencils (Robb Knight)
Weeknotes 25:03 (Jeff Bridgforth)
Studio Notes #16 (SimpleBits)
My approach to running a link blog (Simon Willison, via Daring Fireball)
API Testing Clients (Frontend Masters Boost) — Insomnia is the one I’ve been using, but I need to give Yaak a try.

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IMDb’s CEO, who founded the site 35 years ago, is stepping down
Microsoft’s Steam-like browser overlay is now available on Windows 11
Netflix is raising prices again — These prices are getting crazy.
Plex starts testing its big redesign on Apple TV
Comcast launches a $70 sports streaming bundle with NFL, NBA, and MLB games — Another overpriced option for sports streaming.
Oscars 2025: All the nominees, from Dune: Part Two to Wicked — I haven’t watched many of these nominees yet, so it looks like I have some work to do before March.
Where to watch every Oscar-nominated movie
Sony Japan ends production of recordable Blu-rays with ‘no successor’ planned
Threads is officially getting ads — I’m sure this comes as a surprise to no one.
Gaming subreddits ban X links over Elon Musk’s Nazi salute stunt

Weekly Links 10.28–11.03

The Nirvana Concert “Sabotaged” by Kurt Cobain to Spite an Angry Crowd (kottke.org)
The 20 best art museums in America (kottke.org)
Retro 80s Versions of Tech Company Logos (kottke.org)
Household Surrealism: Clothesline Animals (kottke.org)
The Best of Japan’s Mundane Halloween Costumes for 2024 (kottke.org)
TIL that the dunk tank has extremely racist origins. (kottke.org)
Home-cooked web apps (Rach Smith)
A Penny (Chris Coyier)
You can use text-wrap: balance; on icons (Terence Eden)
The best noir movies to watch this Noirvember (Polygon)

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Weekly Links 10.07–10.13

Chinese Government Hackers Compromise ‘Back Door for the Good Guys’ in U.S. Communication Networks (Daring Fireball)
The New York Times, Finally: ‘Trump’s Rambling Speeches Reinforce Question of Age’ (Daring Fireball)
Home Depot Is Slowly Rolling Out Apple Pay Support (Daring Fireball)
Relax With George Clooney at the End of a Movie (kottke.org)
New Film by Errol Morris: Separated (kottke.org) — See also: NBC Set Post-Election MSNBC Premiere of Errol Morris Doc ‘Separated’ to Avoid Offending Trump (kottke.org)
Private Snafu: The World War II Propaganda Cartoons Created by Dr. Seuss, Frank Capra & Mel Blanc (kottke.org)
Finalists for the 2024 Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards (kottke.org)
Mozilla rebrand takes from early internet aesthetics, to move its cause to reclaim the web (kottke.org)
Photo Remakes of Famous Art (kottke.org)
The Best Panoramic Photos of 2024 (kottke.org)
Every Frame a Painting: What Would Billy Wilder Do? (kottke.org)
Letterboxd besties — No one on Letterboxd is my exact match 😢
World-first therapy using donor cells sends autoimmune diseases into remission (kottke.org)
Covid-19 may increase the risk of heart attacks, strokes and deaths for three years after an infection, study suggests (kottke.org)
Best goalie masks across the NHL in the upcoming season (ESPN)
Review: Domaine De Courcelles (1972) 2022 Edition – Rhumhouse (Cane Spirit Society) (The Rum Barrel Blog)
Review: J. Gow Fading Light XO (The Rum Barrel Blog)
Aesthetic Command Lines with Hyper, Spaceship, and Oh My Zsh (Maggie Appleton)
Design for Real Life: Online for Free AND On Sale for Money (Eric Meyer)
Dookie Demastered
Vibe Check №35 (Dave Rupert)

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Weekly Links 09.30–10.06

Music By John Williams (kottke.org)
Shiny and Chrome (kottke.org)
Where I’m at with notetaking apps (Blake Watson)
Modernizing the Original ADB Keyboard From the Apple IIGS (Daring Fireball)
Why Is Jack Smith’s Unsealed Motion, Outlining Trump’s Criminal Actions to Overturn the 2020 Election, Not the Top Story? (Daring Fireball)
CSS Anchor Positioning Guide (CSS-Tricks)
Web Components are Bad, Good, and OK (Frontend Masters Boost)
Eleventy v3.0.0 is now available! (Zach Leatherman) — 🎉
“Nice Guy” Matt Mullenweg, CEO of WordPress.com Cries Foul and Threatens Me With Legal Action (Kellie Peterson) — Yikes.
What’s on your desk, David Pierce? (The Verge)
I stayed. (Jeffrey Zeldman)

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Weekly Links 08.12–08.18

The cost of fueling my body (Dave Rupert)
Saturday Night (kottke.org)
Always. Be. Knolling. (kottke.org)
Moodbound (Robin Rendle) — I enjoyed Moonbound quite a bit too.

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Weekly Links 07.15–07.21

EA Sports College Football 25 beginner’s tips before starting (Polygon)
Roger Ebert saying video games are not art is still haunting games (Polygon)
Inside Out 2 has an especially important purpose for adult viewers (Polygon)
My Minecraft game is just digging a big cube and it’s perfect
Movies Watched, June 2024 (Khoi Vinh)
Weeknotes 24:24 (Jeff Bridgforth)
Jimi Hendrix Goes Acoustic (kottke.org)
“What My Adult Autism Diagnosis Finally Explained” (kottke.org)
There I Ruined It: Kermit the Frog sings Snoop Dogg’s Gin and Juice to the tune of Rainbow Connection (kottke.org)
The Science Behind the Emotions in Inside Out 2 (kottke.org)
Gene Kelly Doesn’t Want to Perform Singin’ in the Rain on the Muppet Show (kottke.org)
Review: Foursquare Equipoise – Mark XXV (The Rum Barrel Blog)
Review: The Royal Cane Cask Company – New Yarmouth 1994 (Cane Spirit Society) (The Rum Barrel Blog)
The AT&T Data Breach Shows Why RCS Can’t Be Trusted and the Downside of Apple Adding Support for It in iOS 18 (Daring Fireball)
Leaving Elicit (Maggie Appleton)
Ten years of Overcast: A new foundation (Marco Arment)
CSS Selectors (CSS-Tricks)
Reacquired. (Ethan Marcotte)

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Weekly Links 05.20–05.26

I got married and over-engineered everything (kottke.org)
The Lowest Possible Score in Super Mario Bros (kottke.org)
Ben Pobjoy’s Tips for Long Walks (kottke.org)
Global Warming Is Influencing Global Timekeeping (kottke.org)
A Zenith TV cabinet retrofitted with a contemporary smart TV (via kottke.org)
Biking helps prevent knee pain and boosts longevity, studies show (NPR, via kottke.org)
Getting Personal about Getting Personal (John Green, via kottke.org)
How Not to Get Screwed Buying a Used Car (kottke.org)
Virtual Stan (Stuff & Nonsense)
Pi-rate radio: how to make your own FM station for less than $35 (The Verge)
A decade of code (Josh Collinsworth)
CSS… 5? (Chris Coyier, Frontend Masters Boost)
We’ve Got Container Queries Now, But Are We Actually Using Them? (Chris Coyier, Frontend Masters Boost)
Puerto Vallarta (Chris Coyier)
Fantasy Springs (Louie Mantia)
Fantasy Springs, Part 2 (Louie Mantia)

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